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Editor's view - Exclusion zones

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 10, 2015
  • | Nursery World
Two stories that Nursery World has run recently online provoked a huge reaction on social media, and both raise similar questions about the way we work with young children.

Editor's view - In need of examination

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 13, 2015
  • | Nursery World
The fluctuating situation with Level 3 and above early years qualifications and the need for GCSE English and Maths at Grade C or above is beginning to feel so complicated that you need a high-level degree just to understand it!

Editor's view - Not in the house

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 15, 2015
  • | Nursery World
Hmm, the Ofsted Big Conversation may be taking a bit of a tetchy turn in forthcoming meetings between the inspectorate and the early years sector.

Editor's view - Wales the brave

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 1, 2015
  • | Nursery World
The Welsh Government deserves plaudits for its bravery in implementing the play-based Foundation Phase for threeto seven-year-olds - radical indeed compared to the way that things are progressing in England.

Editor's view - The day after

    Opinion
  • Monday, May 18, 2015
  • | Nursery World
The first few days after an election feel a bit like waking up with a hangover after a raucous party - exhausted, with a headache, and counting the casualties.

Double trouble?

    Opinion
  • Monday, April 20, 2015
  • | Nursery World
Well, the Conservative party pledge to increase funded early education for threeand four-year-olds from 15 to 30 hours a week came out of the blue (Tory blue, of course!) and had many seeing red.

Editor's view - Two much!

    Opinion
  • Monday, April 6, 2015
  • | Nursery World
At Nursery World we have devoted much time, effort and space to publishing really high-quality advice about providing the best services for two-year-olds under the Government's programme.

Editor's view - The going rate

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 23, 2015
  • | Nursery World
The new financial year is just about to start, and nurseries are hearing from local authorities about the new rates for the 15-hour funded places for three and four-year-olds.

Editor's view - All about the baseline!

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 23, 2015
  • | Nursery World
I attended the debate on baseline assessment at the BECERA conference last week - very timely with the approved suppliers just confirmed and the race on to sign up enough schools to remain on the list.

Editor's view - Time to reflect

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 26, 2015
  • | Nursery World
So much of policy-making and change feels short-term in nature that it is refreshing and illuminating to step back and think about the long term - history.

Editor's view - Paying for it

    Opinion
  • Monday, December 1, 2014
  • | Nursery World
The facility to be able to pay for re-inspection of early years settings was lobbied for by substantial parts of the sector, and Ofsted duly agreed to move forward on this.

Editor's view - The shift to schools

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 3, 2014
  • | Nursery World
New childcare and education minister Sam Gyimah certainly didn't duck the issue of schools and nursery provision in his first public speech at Policy Exchange.

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